Reeling mechanism



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0. H MORGAN. REELING MECHANISM.

No. 334,453. Patented Jan. 19, 1886.

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REELING MECHANISM.

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CHARLES H. MORGAN, OF W'ORGESTER, MASS ACHUSETTS.

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. SPECIFlCATIQNiOIDllng part orlretters Patent NQQQQASS, dated January 19, 3.886.

I Application filedJulyi, 1885. Serial No; 170,863. (So model.)

To all whmn it may concern! Be it known that 1, CHARLES H. llIORGAN, a resident of Worcester, in the county of Non cester and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Reeling Mechanism for W'ire-Bod-Rolling Mills, which improvement is fully set forth in the following specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a means whereby the reel or reels or" a wirerodreeling nachine may be run at a low rate of speed in coiling said rods thereon, thereby greatly reducing the wear and tear. of machinery for operating said reels,.and consequently causing a large saving in the cost of production over fastrunning reels.

It relates to rolling-mills having a primary train of reducing-rolls and one or more su pplementarytrains used combination with said primary train, such as shown and described in a previous application of a similar nature. p

It consists in the combination of two or more reels arranged in proper-receptacles having adjustable covers, and provided with means for maintaining the heat'of the rods deposited in said reels, withmeans for operating the reels, for conducting the rods from the last set of primary rolls to said reels, for distributing them in coils or loops therein around its central spindle or cone, and for guiding the rods when drawn forward from said reels to the supplementary trains, as hereinafter more i'ully explained.

It also consists in the combination of the reels and operating mechanism with a distributi ng device for depositing the rods as fast as fed forward, in small loops or coils overlapping each other, around the central cones of said reels, as-will also be hereinafter more fully described.

Tov enable those skilled in the art to which my invention appertains to make and use the same, I will proceed to describe it more in detail.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a plan view of an apparatus constructed in accordance with the invention, and Fig. 2 a vcr- .tica-l section of the san1e.-

' 0 represents abrick inclosure, which in this instance is made square, as shown by dotted.

lines a in Fig. 1. Said inclosnre is made-of the proper size and shape to receive the reeldriving mechanism, as shown in Fig. 2.

The reels D, of which there are four in this 5 instance, as shown in Fig. 1, are arranged in proper inclosures or receptacles, D, contained within or forming a part of the large circular inclosure or furnace E, which is provided with a suitable number of inlet-pipes, F, through which to supply the furnace with gas, and with an outlet-flue, G, for carrying off the products of combustion. The furnaceE and its reel-inclosnres D are, in practice, made of fire-brick. Combustion may be maintained in said furnace or not while the apparatus isin use, according to difi'erent requirements as, for instance, if the rods are to be at once further reduced in size by passing through supplementary trains, it is necessary to mainer inereeae ihcteni perzitur 'e'uf the during the interval between the reducing operations. The combustion is therefore kept up in said furnace; but if the rods are to be unwound from said reels coiled upon other reels, and stored for futurjtreatmentflt is of course. unnecessary to maintain said combustion. Each reel D is provided with a central cone, 1), and is mounted on theupper endof asleeve, c, to the lower end of which is fastened the large spur-gear, H, and the upper half, d, of a friction-clutch, I. Said parts are driven to turn the reels by connection with the main driving bevel-gear J th rough the beifelgear K, shaft L, spurgear M, spur-gears N, shafts O, and the cones e, fastened to the upper ends of said shafts, which areforced up in clutch with their respective parts d, and a suliieicnt dis tance farther to raise said parts d off of the stationary bearing parts f-loy means of the hydraulic pistons ii, which are provided at their upper endswith suitable steps-to receive the lower ends of the shafts 0'. Said shafts are fitted to turn at their upper ends in bearings O, fastened to the cross-beam O. p L, to which the bevel-gear K and spur-gear M are secured, is fitted to turn at its upper end in a bearing, L, and at its lower endin a step, L. The shafts O (which extend up into and their cones e are turned continuously; but the reels are turned only when said shafts and cones are forced up, as hereinbefore described.

The shaft are fitted to turn in the sleeves c) and by distributing said thereto are lowered with the cones 0 out of contact with the part (I, the inner beveled sides, d, of said cones rest upon the beveled sides f of the stationary bearing parts f, and are thereby held in a stationary position. Therefore, as will be seen, the clutchesIserve the double purpose of connecting the drivingpower to turn the reels and of quickly stopping said reels when the driving-power is removed.

Previous to my invention it has been customary to coil the rods around the central cone, 1), of a reel similar to the ones showniu the drawings, (with the exception of being smaller in diameten) by either feeding the rods in at one point and rotating the reel, or .rods upon a stationary reel as fast as delivered around said central cone by means of a swinging distributing device. Both of said methods, and especially the former, are objectionable, for various well- -known reasons, and have, consequently, never been applied to general use. To obviate such objections, I have adopted the following method and means for reeling wire rods: I make the reels D about double their usual diameter,

and, instead of forming one coil around the central cones, I distribute the rods as fast as delivered in single loops 9 (see Fig. 1) around the inside of the reels, outside of said central cones, and while said reels are slowly revolving by means of suitable rotating or swinging distributing devices or distributors I operated by connection with the driving mech driven, said anism of said reels.

In the drawings I have represented at the right-hand side of the figures rotating distributing devices Q Q, and on the left-hand side the swinging distributing devices Q Q. The rotating distribnters are fitted to turn in suitable bearings in the inner ends of the stationary frames R. They are each provided with a conducting-pipe, h, having a flaring or trumpet-shaped opening at the top, with a holding-flange, i, and with a small spur gear or pinion, j, at the bottom, by means of which said devices are turned by power imparted from the large spur gears H on shafts 0, through the spur-gears S, shafts T, spur-gears U, and spur-gears V, the latter engaging with the pinionsj aforesaid upon the lower ends of the distributors. ThegearsSand Uarc secured to the shafts T, turning in suitable bearings, T T, at the ends thereof, and the intermediate gears, V, are fitted to turn in bearings formed in the stationary frames R.

It will be observed from the above descrip tion and Fig. 2 of the drawings that the rotary motion of the distributer is greatly increased over that of the reel-gear H, from which it is distributor being in practice turned about four or five hundred revolutions a minute. Therefore,as the rods are fed forward through the distributors and into the reels in a red hot state they are laid in single continuous circular loops is-aforesaid, out- (See Fig. l.) The upper ends of the pipes n are hinged to the inner ends of the stationary frames R, and provided with trumpet-shaped openings similar to those of the distribu rs Q. The shafts T", on which the eccentrics are secured, are fitted in bearings and operated similar to the shafts T, hereinbefore described.

The distributing-pipes n being moved forward and back, as above described, in connection with the slow rotary motion "of the reels D, causes the rods as they are fed forward to be laid in oval loops in in said reels around the outside of the central cone, b, as shown on the left-hand side of. Fig. 1.

The modification last described, as will be obviously seen, produces a similar result to that obtained by the use of a rotary distrih-.

uter, and may therefore be employed without departing from the principle of my invention, or any other similar device used whereby the rods may be laid in single continuous loops of different shapes a'roundthe central cones, I), of the reels.

In practice I employ suitable switching devices for guiding the rods from the primary train into the conducting-pipes 0, through which said rods are conducted to the several distributing devices, and thence to their respective reels D. Similar switching devices and conducting-pipes are also used for guiding and conducting the rods from the inclosed reels aforesaid to the supplementary trains, with which my improved reeling apparatus is designed to be used, as hereinbefore stated.

By the employment of a group of reels, as hereinhefore described, it is obvious that a great saving in time is effected in the manufacture of wire rods, the operation of both filling and emptying the reels being carried on simultaneously; or, in other words, whilea rod is being deposited in one reel, as hereinbefore described, (which is done in a very rapid manner, said rods being, in practice, fed forward at the rate of about thirty feet per second,) the rods on the filled reels may be drawn off onto storing reels for further treatment, or to the supplementary trains,in a much less rapid manner, thus admitting of said storingreels or supplementary trains being run at a comparatively low rate of speed, and consequently economizing in the wear and tear of the same.

The use of a group of reels, as hereinbefore over said eccentrics Z.

described, when used in combination with a primary and supplementary mills, enables the reduction of rods by rolling to much smaller sizes than by the usual methods. They also lessen the cost of production, as well as the liability to injury of the employs.

In unwinding a rod from a filled reel its free end is first passed up through the central opening, p, in the cover W, then over the grooved wheel q, and from there to the storing-reel or supplementary mill, as the case may be. The wheel q is mounted inaswivelframe, q, fitted to turn on the hub r, formed on the cover W, so as to admit of the rod being drawnin any direction from said reel. The cover IV is also provided with an opening, 8, through which to feed in the rods, and is hingedto the top plate, X, of the machine at t, so ,that it may be swung around, as shown at W, Fig. l, to reach the inside of the reel,

when required.

Having now fully described my said inven tion, and the manner of carrying the sameinto efiect,,what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In an apparatus for receiving wire rods from a rolling-mill, the combination of the inclosed reel and the movable distributer for depositing the rod in continuous loops or coils within said reel and between its periphery and core, substantially as described.

2. The combination of the inclosed reel, the conducting-pipe, and the movable distributer for depositing the rod brought by said pipe within said reel, said distributer having a movement in a path between the periphery of the reel and its core, so that it deposits the wire in continuous loops or coils outside of said core, substantially as described.

3. The combination of the reel, the means for rotating the same,-the distributcr for depositing the rod in said reel, and the means for imparting to said distributera movement between the periphery of the reel and its core, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

4. The combination of the reel, thedistributer consisting ofa pipe or tube having its discharge-orifice directly above said reel and between the periphery and core thereof, and

shafts and connections, as described, for imparting a slow movement to said reel and a more rapid movement to said distributer, sub stantially as and for the purpose set forth.

The improved. reeling mechanism. described, comprising, in combination, an inclosed reelingreceptacle, a stationary c0ver having an opening therein to one side of the center of said reel, a distributing-pipe supported above said opening, and shafts and connections, as specified, for imparting a ro tary motion to said reel, and for moving said distributingpipe so that it will deposit the rod in successive coils or loops within said reel and between the periphery and core thereof, substantially as set forth.

6. The improved reeling mechanism described, comprising, in combination, the inclosed rotatory reel,the stationary cover therefor having an opening therein to one side of the center thereof, the conducting-pipe, the movable distributer above said opening, and the pulley for guiding the rod as it is drawn out of said reel, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence of two subscrib ing witnesses.

CHAS. H. MORGAN.

Witnesses:

ALBERT A. BARKER,

IE0. H. Sco'r'l. 

